Day 8: Bryant Goes to Disneyland!

Day 8
January 11
Paris, France

Today a group of students including myself decided to take a trip just outside of the city of Paris in order to go to the happiest place on earth: Disneyland. After a morning bus tour, we set off on a 40 minute train ride to get to the park. When we arrived, we immediately rushed into the park. There was so much to do and only a mere 5 hours to do it all in. We had a good old fashioned American lunch on Main Street USA before heading to the rides. The first ride we headed for was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril. This ride is exclusive to Disneyland Paris and so we knew it was going to be good.

After the Temple of Peril, we headed across the park and through Aladdin's Village to Discoveryland where we headed to Space Mountain: Mission 2. This version of Space Mountain is much different than its American counterparts in Florida and California. The coaster is housed in a dome-like structure that looks like something out of the Jetsons. The coaster is also faster than its American counterparts and features two inversions.

From there we headed over to the Mad Hatter's Teacups where we spun so fast that Sean nearly lost his lunch hours later.

After that we headed over to Frontierland to ride on Big Thunder Mountain. At this time it was about sunset so the view from the top was quite good.

After the ride, we headed back to Discoverland where we rode Star Tours and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. After we completed everything we wanted to do, we went for another round on Space Mountain since it was the best ride in the park. We had such a great time at Disneyland that when the park closed, we didn't want it to end. So afterward we headed to the "Downtown Disney" area where we had dinner at Planet Hollywood. We then explored the downtown area for a while before finally heading back to the hotel. I know that for me, Disney was the highlight of my days in Paris and it probably was for the others I went with as well as the group that went on Tuesday.

That's all for now, pictures will be up soon.


Brian Peters
Putnam, CT


Pictured here left to right: Nick Gagnon, Mike Giordano, Sean Haddad, Candace Authier, Brian Peters.






Mad Hatter's Tea Cups pictured to the right: Sean Haddad, Candace Authier, Brian Peters.